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New York Times, Sunday, December 27, 2015

Author:
Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
96-Down : Meetings arranged through Ashley Madison
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {KQX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Gagliardo. This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Burnikel. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 61%
Constructor notes:
DON: What started me on this theme was ONION RINGS — I just happened to notice that the O's were described by RINGS. I thought if we simply write OO, one could literally say they are ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Loved this puzzle. C.C. (Zhouqin) and Don's wide range of plays on double-letters is really cool. I vaguely remembered NN as MINNESOTA TWINS from somewhere, but most of the others felt ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times12/27/15 ( No. 24,155 )
Across
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Savor, as a drink : SIPON
6
Takes down a peg : ABASES
12
Je t'aime : French :: ___ : Spanish : TEAMO
17
Sell at a discount, say : UNLOAD
19
Female toon with a "dollink" Boris : NATASHA
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Grackles and grebes : AVIANS
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Attic : GARRET
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Horror franchise beginning in 2004 : SAW
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Lasting for years and years : AGELONG
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Dirt road hazards : RUTS
30
Melee : FRAY
31
Street of film fame : ELM
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You might take it out for a drive : IRON
33
Court, for short : RHYME
35
Pile of stones used to mark a trail : CAIRN
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First antibacterial soap brand : DIAL
40
"Oh, please, that's enough" : SPAREME
42
Derisive sounds : SNORTS
43
Abbr. in many airport names : INTL
44
Jubilant : ELATED
45
Portrait on Chinese renminbi bills : MAO
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Extra bed, maybe : COT
51
Bad thing on a record : BLOT
53
The Jedi and the Sith, e.g. : FOES
54
"Thursday Night Football" airer : CBS
55
Alaska tourist attraction : AURORA
57
Director of 2015's "Chi-Raq" : LEE
58
Capital with the Norsk Folkemuseum : OSLO
60
Travel info source, for short : AAA
61
London cathedral : STPAULS
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Volunteer's response : ICAN
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Historic German admiral Maximilian von ___ : SPEE
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Fizzy drink : SODAPOP
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Michael of "Saturday Night Live" : CHE
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Cry to a husky : MUSH
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"When I was a ___ ..." : LAD
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Riot opportunist : LOOTER
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Locale for cranberries : BOG
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Very much : ALOT
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Uniform : EVEN
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See 114-Across : ELF
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Hodges who managed the Mets to a World Series title : GIL
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Little Rascals boy : FARINA
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Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
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Mars features, mistakenly : CANALS
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Befuddling : ADDLING
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Peeps heard by Bo Peep : BAAS
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When repeated, a Yale fight song : BOOLA
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Playwright Clifford : ODETS
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"How ___!" : RUDE
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Modern TV feature, for short : DVR
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Hazy memory : BLUR
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Grps. with the motto "Every child. One voice" : PTAS
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Conquest of 1953 : EVEREST
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Susan of "The Partridge Family" : DEY
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Silas in "The Da Vinci Code," notably : ALBINO
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Dances at the Tropicana Club : SALSAS
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Santa Claus portrayer in 81-Across : EDASNER
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Greet from behind the wheel : TOOTAT
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Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" : REESE
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Shot put and long jump : EVENTS
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"Auld Lang Syne" and others : POEMS
Down
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Figured (out) : SUSSED
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Has an inspiration : INHALES
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Agricultural figure in "The Canterbury Tales" : PLOWMAN
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Pep Boys competitor : NAPA
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Whites, informally : ANGLOS
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Strips shortly after getting up in the morning? : BACON
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Rate ___ (be perfect) : ATEN
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Spicy fruit beverage often used as a tequila chaser : SANGRITA
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Cornerstone abbr. : EST
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Singer Crow : SHERYL
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Identifies in a Facebook photo : TAGS
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A Perón : EVA
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Soaring cost? : AIRFARE
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Like macho push-ups : ONEARM
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Explore deeply : DIGINTO
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Calla lily family : ARUM
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"Gypsy" composer : STYNE
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Techies, stereotypically : NERDS
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Gasless car : TESLA
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Java order that packs less of a punch : HALFCAF
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What Brits call "red sauce" : CATSUP
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Major-___ : DOMO
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Muse for D. H. Lawrence : ERATO
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Some lab samples : DNAS
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Assets for food critics : PALATES
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Put away : ICE
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Annapolis grad. : ENS
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It comes before one : NOON
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Building beam : IBAR
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Susan who wrote "The Orchid Thief" : ORLEAN
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Hit with a stun gun : TASED
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"Chill out, will you" : BECOOL
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Wig out : FLIP
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Dorm V.I.P.s : RAS
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Durable stocking fabric : LISLE
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Like courtroom witnesses : SWORNIN
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Floor : AWE
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X-rated material : SMUT
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D.C. athlete : NAT
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Pest control brand : DCON
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Sarcastic "Wonderful" : OHGREAT
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Tori of pop/rock : AMOS
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Symbol of Middle America : PEORIA
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Big name in 35-Down : HEINZ
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Gaudy wrap : BOA
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Industrious workers : ANTS
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Some TVs and smartphones : LGS
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The Impaler : VLAD
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Fort Knox valuable : INGOT
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To some degree : INASENSE
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Beholds : GAZESAT
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It's heard at a hearing : ALLRISE
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West Pointer : CADET
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Opposite of an early adopter : LUDDITE
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Morning run time, maybe : SEVENAM
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Arafat's successor as Palestinian president : ABBAS
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Budget alternative : DOLLAR
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Next to : BESIDE
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Peers in a box : JURORS
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Meetings arranged through Ashley Madison : TRYSTS
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Helen Mirren, e.g. : DAME
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Like an alarm clock, night after night : RESET
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It may be struck on a runway : POSE
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___ diagram : VENN
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'Vette choice : TTOP
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"N.Y. State of Mind" rapper : NAS
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___ system (luxury car option, briefly) : NAV
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Romance : WOO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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